Industrial policy has returned to prominence in advanced capitalist countries, but without working-class power to discipline capital, it risks becoming public money flowing to private profit, accordin…
Entry-level employment in the most AI-exposed occupations fell 19 percent below that of less exposed fields for workers aged 22 to 25, according to a Stanford University study released August 25, 2026…
The World Bank's World Development Report 2026 finds that developing economies have more to gain and less to fear from AI than richer ones, with only 4.5% of jobs in low- and middle-income countries a…
BHP's copper business generated $18.19 billion in underlying EBITDA for fiscal 2025, surpassing iron ore's $14.53 billion, as copper prices near record highs driven by AI data center demand. Copper co…
Anthony Rowley, a veteran journalist specializing in Asian economic and financial affairs, warns that global leaders are dangerously complacent about the uncontrolled adoption of artificial intelligen…
The World Bank's World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence identifies the UAE as one of the few countries developing its own advanced foundation models, placing it in the '…
The World Bank's World Development Report 2026: The Promise of AI says AI could drive economic growth and improve public services in developing countries if governments focus on adopting and adapting …
Pakistan is among the nations most vulnerable to AI-driven job displacement, according to the World Bank's World Development Report 2026: The Promise of AI, which finds that educated, skilled workers …
Malaysia is working with state governments to protect farmland from industrial and real estate expansion as data centre and chip manufacturing booms intensify competition for land, with about 25,000 h…
The World Bank's upcoming World Development Report for 2026 urges developing economies to rapidly adopt artificial intelligence, calling it a 'lifeline' as these nations face their weakest average gro…
The World Bank on Tuesday urged developing countries to adopt lower-cost artificial intelligence tools to improve governance, warning they risk being left behind if they do not. Chief Economist Inderm…
The World Bank reported on Tuesday (Aug 4) that artificial intelligence threatens only 4.5% of jobs in low-income and middle-income countries, compared to 14.2% in high-income countries, and could ena…
A new analysis warns that artificial intelligence is deepening global digital inequality, with the United States hosting over 5,000 data centers—more than ten times any other country—and accounting fo…
PTML Chief Technology and AI Officer Awais Vohra warned at the GSMA Digital Nation Pakistan Ministerial Roundtable that Pakistan's digital infrastructure is not yet ready for the AI era, urging sustai…
Kazakhstan's AI-Sana program has produced working AI products from universities, including EnergyDronesAI for solar panel defect detection, KMG.AIAN for oil and gas data analysis, and ZhanCare.AI for …
The AI Economy Institute (AIEI) launched its third cohort of researchers to study artificial intelligence's impact on work, jobs, and productivity. The 23-member cohort from global institutions will a…
Adebayo Alonge's RxScanner, which uses AI to detect counterfeit medication, failed during a 2019 demo in Cape Town due to unreliable network connectivity. His team quickly developed a smaller, offline…
Visa forecasts 2.6% global economic growth in 2026, citing a surge in business investment in artificial intelligence and clean energy, along with digital commerce helping to contain inflation, as cons…
A developer built FarmOps Desk, an AI-powered operations SaaS for smallholder livestock farms, and chose a Nigerian poultry and catfish farm as its first customer. Nigeria's dense poultry and catfish …
A developer built Placemappr (placemappr.com), a free AI-powered relocation tool that compares 95 countries and 668 cities. The platform uses Next.js, Supabase, and Groq API to provide personalized re…